Tuesday, October 18, 2011

'Son of Stuxnet' virus could be used to attack critical computers worldwide

By Bob Sullivan

A powerful new computer virus that some are calling the "Son of Stuxnet" has been discovered, and researchers are concerned about its potential for attacking critical infrastructure computers around the world.
The mysterious Stuxnet worm -- perhaps the most powerful ever created -- managed to infiltrate computer systems in Iran and do damage to that nation's nuclear research program. The new worm, dubbed Duqu, has no such targeted purpose. But it shares so much code with the original Stuxnet that researchers at Symantec Corp. say it must either have been created by the same group that authored Stuxnet, or by a group that somehow managed to obtain Stuxnet's source code. Either way, Duqu's authors are brilliant, and mean business, said Symantec's Vikrum Thakur.

The Conservative ScapegoatThe Republican Study Committee (RSC), a fiscally conservative group of House Republicans, have been under attack this year for being “too conservative.” They have become a source of frustration to GOP Establishment, who believe it is better to continue the status quo than to take a strong stand and do what’s best for the country. Case in point: the long fight over the debt ceiling was resolved because GOP leadership gave up fighting to actually solve our debt problem in favor of ending the fight and kicking the can down the road. You may remember Cut, Cap, and Balance ...Read More

Sign the Anti-Spending Petition Now.Dear Conservative,Americans are fed up with Washington's reckless spending. During the past decade, federal spending has nearly doubled. If we continue along this path, America will become the next Greece – on the verge of default and no prospect of economic growth.>> Enough is Enough: Sign the Anti-Spending Petition Now.

Inflation Pressures Intensify as Producer Prices Jump

U.S. producer prices rose more than expected in September to record their largest increase in five months as gasoline prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.

CNBC.com

The Labor Department said its seasonally adjusted index for prices received by farms, factories and refineries, increased 0.8 percent after being flat in August. Economists polled by Reuters had expected prices to increase 0.2 percent.

Excluding volatile food and energy, wholesale prices rose 0.2 percent last month after inching up 0.1 percent in August. That was above economists expectations for a 0.1 percent gain.

But the strong rise in wholesale prices last month is unlikely to spark a broad increase in inflation pressures given the weak economic environment.

Thousands of Fraud Cases Just 'Tip of Iceberg'By Bob UnruhWorldNetDaily

A group that monitors elections in Minnesota and roots out fraudulent votes is warning ballot fraud is on the rise across the nation, and if unchecked, the ultimate consequences would be an electorate that simply doesn't believe the system works and refuses to participate – "a total breakdown in the cohesion of American society."

Those who cannot identify the present are condemned to repeat the past. Rampant stupidity has that effect on a maxim. George Santayana presumed too much when he mocked people who merely forgot yesterday. We can’t even get today straight.

If you log on to the Old Jarhead blog and get this notice, please check back. From time to time, Google’s Spam Filter pulls my blog. They restore it when I appeal, but they don’t seem to have the technical ability to fix the problem. I hate to move to another platform with page views running to 10k a week and over 1,150 followers here.

Excerpt: An Oklahoma mother, Stacie Grimm, was overjoyed to be pregnant with a child, but during her pregnancy, she was diagnosed with neck and head cancer. Instead of having an abortion or taking medication harmful to her baby, she rejected chemotherapy treatment in order to save her child, instead of herself. (This was a woman the world can ill spare. ~Bob.)

Yes, I got the idea for my “random thoughts” pieces from Dr. Sowell’s much better pieces. ~Bob. Excerpt: Random thoughts on the passing scene: Like so many people, in so many countries, who started out to "spread the wealth," Barack Obama has ended up spreading poverty. Have you ever heard anyone as incoherent as the people staging protests across the country? Taxpayers ought to be protesting against having their money spent to educate people who end up unable to say anything beyond repeating political catch phrases. … People who live within their means are increasingly being forced to pay for people who didn't live within their means -- whether individual home buyers here or whole nations in Europe.

PRISONER HELD INCOMMUNICADO IN VIOLATION OF THE TENNESSEE AND U.S.
CONSTITUTIONSOctober 17, 2011

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Governor Haslam, Representative Duncan, Senators Alexander and Corker,
Attorney General Cooper:
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Gentlemen:
We are (or were) a Nation of Laws. Those laws that are not inalienable come from
our Constitution. The Constitution of the United States has no [...]

McConnell: Let’s Try Something That Might Actually Work

For Immediate Release, Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Let’s Try Something That Might Actually Work

‘The American people didn’t send us here to kick our problems down the road. And they certainly didn’t send us here to repeat the same mistakes over and over again — and then stick them and their children with the tab. That might be how you maintain a sense of urgency, by failing to solve the problem the first two times around. But it isn’t how you solve a jobs crisis. The American people deserve better than this.’

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement on the Senate floor Tuesday regarding the President’s failed stimulus and the need for a new approach to solve the jobs crisis:

Last Friday afternoon amidst the news of two House
investigations into a breaking scandal involving a
$535 million federal loan failed solar company Solyndra,
and more than $4.7 billion for four additional loans
for troubled solar companies, Grassfire Nation
launched a national petition calling for a full
investigation into what is becoming "Solar-gate."

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is out with a new survey of 1,330 small and medium sized business CEOs. The answers are shocking about the level of mistrust the nation's employers have in politicians these days. When asked what "do you want from Washington?" 13% said they would like "a helping hand" from government, while 80% said "get out of the way."

U.S. government giving taxpayers' personal info to foreign nationsFew Americans are aware that their personal and financial information is being given to foreign nations by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in the name of "getting Americans to pay their fair share." And the globalists in the U.S. government are happy to share Americans' confidential information. With trillions of dollars in cross-border financial activity, U.S. tax authorities and others around the world exchange information with each other to administer and enforce compliance with the tax laws of their respective countries. In many cases, these.......http://www.newswithviews.com/NWV-News/news280.htm
by NWV News

Drug Threat Assessment Paints Pessimistic Future“Mexican-based trafficking organizations control access to the U.S.–Mexico border, the primary gateway for moving the bulk of illicit drugs into the United States. The organizations control, simultaneously use, or are competing for control of various smuggling corridors that they use to regulate drug flow across the border. The value they attach to controlling border access is demonstrated by the ferocity with which several rival TCOs are fighting over control of key corridors, or 'plazas.'".....http://www.newswithviews.com/Wall/allan153.htm
by Allan Wall